{"id":162945,"date":"2025-09-23T07:48:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/162945\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T07:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:48:21","slug":"fans-anti-racist-stance-praised-by-football-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/162945\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans&#8217; anti-racist stance praised by football club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hereford FC has said fans who created a banner opposing racism have its full support.<\/p>\n<p>The club&#8217;s FA Cup tie at Sporting Khalsa on 13 September had to be abandoned following reports of racist abuse from the crowd, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0ezl9v55r4o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:leading to two Hereford supporters being banned;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">leading to two Hereford supporters being banned<\/a> while investigations take place.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Hereford FC chairman Chris Ammonds said the flag and 2,000 red cards which were also waved by fans on Saturday &#8220;clearly demonstrates the strength of feeling there was about the events that occurred at Sporting Khalsa&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said fans raised the money for the banner and cards themselves and ended up with a surplus of about \u00a31,000, which would be given to charity.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A man with a bald head in a grey suit and black and white striped tie holding a microphone with other people behind him\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1159f7984073545f29b80d92f74e1fd6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hereford FC chairman Chris Ammonds said the actions of the fans showed the strength of feeling at the club [BBC]<\/p>\n<p>A statement posted by Sporting Khalsa on 13 September said the referee made the decision to call off the FA Cup tie after &#8220;an alleged racist audible aimed at our much-loved goalkeeper Ravan Constable&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The rearranged fixture will take place on Tuesday and Mr Ammonds said the fans had discussed taking their banner, which reads &#8220;Red card to racism &#8211; racists not welcome here&#8221; to the match.<\/p>\n<p>He said it might also be flown at future games at Edgar Street, with the full support of the club.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ammonds said the actions of the supporters &#8220;strongly demonstrate that discriminatory behaviour of any sort is unacceptable and will not be tolerated at our club&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Follow BBC Hereford &amp; Worcester on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/curation\/p0cjdsl7?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC Sounds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BBC Sounds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bbcherefordandworcester\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bbchw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbchw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More on this storyRelated internet links<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758613701_65_\"\/><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hereford FC has said fans who created a banner opposing racism have its full support. 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